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IEA Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka attended the Forum in Yokohama, Japan on Renewable Energy organized jointly by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), which is a leading organisation facilitating R&D and technology cooperation in the renewable energy field.

IEA Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka delivered an opening address at the Forum on Global Oil Market Challenges, which was held jointly with IEA and Institute of Energy and Economy of Japan (IEEJ), sponsored by Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.

On 25-26 February 2010, the IEA will be jointly hosting with the Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (IEEJ) and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) an oil industry forum in Tokyo. The two-day event will include a workshop on oil market volatility and a conference on a broad range of oil market topics.

IEA Executive Director Nobuo Tanaka delivered a keynote presentation in Japanese to an audience of 300 oil business people at the symposium "Innovation of Technology and Management in Oil Downstream" organised by Japan Cooperation Center, Petroleum (JCCP) in Tokyo on 27 January.